#C8442F#C8442F

#C8442F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.172 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8442F
RGB	rgb(200, 68, 47)
HSL	hsl(8, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 76.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 51.32, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 65.55, 38.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1461 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.172 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4026, 16.6227, 4.5070)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8442F #2FB3C8

analogous

#C82F67 #C8442F #C8902F

triadic

#C8442F #2FC844 #442FC8

tetradic

#C8442F #67C82F #2FB3C8 #902FC8

square

#C8442F #67C82F #2FB3C8 #902FC8

split-complementary

#C8442F #2FC890 #2F67C8

monochromatic

#652218 #963323 #C8442F #D96D5C #E4998D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C8442F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C8442F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8442F

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8442F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8442F	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8442f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 68, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.172 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f69',
    500: '#c8442f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8442f;
$custom-light: #e17f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8442f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.235,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56943,
    "c": 0.17165,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8442F

secondary

#84C4CF

accent

#CFE543

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8442F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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